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Helen of Troy. Greek wife of Menelaus. Eloped with Paris to Troy causing Trojan War.
Menelaus. King of Sparta. Husband of Helen of Troy.
Oenone. Nymph wife of Paris. Deserted for Helen of Troy.
Blavatsky, Helena. 1831-91. Founded Theosophical Society, 1875.
Keller, Helen. 1880-1968. US deaf, blind author, lecturer. Story of My Life 1902.
Leda. Spartan Queen. Mother of Helen, Castor, Pollux.
Napoleon I, Bonaparte. 1769-1821. French general. Emperor of France by coup d’etat 1804-14. Disastrous Moscow campaign 1812. Defeated at Waterloo 1815. Exiled to St. Helena. Napoleonic Wars. Napoleonic Code. Hundred Days.
Paris. Son of Priam. Carried Helen back to Troy, starting the Trojan Wars. Shot Achilles. Judged first beauty contest.
Paris, Treaties. 1229 Ends Albigensian Crusade. Louis gains Toulouse. 1327. England loses territory to France. 1763 Ends Seven Years War. Britain gets French holdings in Canada. Spain gets American territory. 1783 Ends American Revolution. US borders fixed. 1814 Ends Napoleonic Wars, restoring 1792 borders. Napoleon exiled to Elba. 1815 Ends Hundred Days. 1790 borders, reparations. Napoleon to St. Helena. 1856 Ends Crimean War. Black Sea neutral. Regulated Laws of High Seas. 1898 Ends Spanish American War. Spain cedes Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico to US. 1947. Settled European borders after WWII.
St Helena. 1502 Portugal discovers. 1659 British. 1815-21 Napoleon exiled. 1922 + Ascension Is. 1938 + Tristan da Cunha.
St Helens, Mt. 1980. Eruption.
Theosophy. 1875- Revival of ancient mystical philosophy. Salvation through direct knowledge of God. Blavatsky. Besant.
Trojan War. c1184BC. 10 Year siege to retrieve Helen taken by Paris to Troy. Trojan Horse leads to Greek victory.
Abbasid. 750-1258. Second Empire of Caliphate dynasty. Overthrew Umayyads; destroyed by Mongols.
Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.
Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Bellerophon. Pegasus’ rider, destroyed the Chimera.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Brute. Descendant of Aeneas, said to have founded New Troy at London..
Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.
Capua. (Ancient) c600BC Etruria. c440BC Samnites. 338BC Rome. 216BC Hannibal. 211BC Rome. 456 Vandals. c840 Saracens destroy. Rebuilt as Sta Maria Capua Vetere.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Cassino. 1944. Town, monastery destroyed in German defence of route to Rome.